Birgumkhani — gazetted simply as Birgum — is a hill settlement of Rukum East in the mid-west of Nepal, named by the Nepal Chhantyal Sangh among its Chhantyal localities. It lies in Putha Uttarganga Rural Municipality (the historical Kol VDC), in the Karnali-facing country below the Putha Hiunchuli peak. The gazetteer records it as “Birgum”; the “-khani” (mine) form is the community’s own usage.
Trace-back
The “-khani” name marks a mining past — the same copper craft that defines the Chhantyal in their Myagdi–Baglung heartland. Rukum is counted among the districts of Chhantyal habitation; how Chhantyal families came to Birgum is not separately recorded, and the Chhantyal link here rests on the community’s own account.
What people do
A settlement-level population isn’t separately recorded; Putha Uttarganga as a whole counted 18,308 people at the 2021 census. Life rests on farming and income from work abroad.
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